Sunday, July 28, 2024
Hollywood Basic Crafts and Studios Reach Tentative New Deal to Avert Strike
All member locals of Hollywood Basic Crafts have agreed to a tentative new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, averting a strike just three days before the July 31 deadline. “After a long last 48-hours, we are proud to report that ALL Hollywood Basic Crafts Locals have reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP late this evening,” Teamsters Local 399, speaking on behalf of member locals, said Saturday in a statement. “The basic crafts spent today working closely with our member-led negotiating committees to finalize a deal with the AMPTP that we can now say is being…
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Beyoncé Introduces Team USA in True ‘Cowboy Carter’ Style: ‘The Very Best of Who We Are’ | Video
The Paris 2024 Olympics officially got underway on Friday thanks to the dazzling opening ceremony along the river Seine. But Team USA had one more surprise in store for America as they recruited the one and only Beyoncé to welcome the Summer Games in style. Hours after Lady Gaga and Céline Dion helped usher in hundreds of international athletes to France, the “Cowboy Carter” singer teamed up with NBC Sports to introduce the athletes from the United States. “Get a look at America, y’all,” Beyoncé said in the YouTube video set to her song, “Ya Ya.” “These hopes and dreams,…
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Salma Hayek Joins 11,000 Other Torchbearers Carrying the Flame to Paris 2024 Olympics
Salma Hayek celebrated being one of the 11,000 people selected to be torchbearers for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic torch relays ahead of this weekend’s Summer Games. The “Black Mirror” actress joined 174 other select individuals as they brought the flame from Rambouillet, France, to Le château de Versailles on Tuesday. This year’s torch was first lit in Olympia, Greece, on April 16 and will ultimately land at Paris’ Jardins du Trocadéro stadium on Friday. “Yesterday, I had the honor of carrying the Olympic flame, a symbol of light, hope, peace and unity. If you believe in these values, know…
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Lamorne Morris Jokes Tyler Perry’s Madea Is the Only Other Black Woman to Make as Much as Kamala Harris in 2 Days | Video
This week’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” guest host Lamorne Morris is very impressed by the huge haul Kamala Harris has made in the two days since Joe Biden dropped out and endorsed her as his replacement on the Democratic presidential ticket. And with good reason — Harris set a new 24 hour fundraising record, receiving $100 million, mostly from small grassroots donors in the day after Biden dropped out. And before 48 hours elapsed she received enough pledged donations to secure her nomination, which avoids a contested convention. “Now Kamala Harris was in Milwaukee today for her first official rally,” Morris…
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Pete Buttigieg Trusts Kamala Harris to Make the Best VP Pick, While Avoiding Rachel Maddow’s Question | Video
Pete Buttigieg was campaigning for President Joe Biden right alongside Vice President Kamala Harris over the weekend just one day before she became the presumptive Democratic nominee. The U.S. secretary of transportation stopped by MSNBC on Monday to tell Rachel Maddow all about his reaction to Biden dropping out of the race and endorsing Harris — though he made sure to avoid answering any questions about possibly becoming her running mate. “Chasten and I were making our way back home to Michigan after appearing with Vice President Harris on Saturday for a fundraiser to support the Biden-Harris ticket in Massachusetts…
Monday, July 22, 2024
‘House of the Dragon’ Star Sonoya Mizuno Says Mysaria and Rhaenyra’s Episode 6 Moment Was Unscripted: ‘It Felt So Organic’
Note: This story contains spoilers from “House of the Dragon” Season 2, Episode 6. “House of the Dragon” Season 2 Episode 6 ended with an intimate moment between Queen Rhaenyra and Lady Mysaria that star Sonoya Mizuno says wasn’t initially in the script. As the immediacy of dragon warfare set in after the brutal events of Rook’s Rest, Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) leaned on Mysaria (Mizuno) as a trusted confidant, who assured her she is meant to be queen. After Mysaria opened up to Rhaenyra about her traumatic past, the pair embraced and, in a heated and emotional moment, the hug…
Sunday, July 21, 2024
Los Angeles Magazine Editor-in-Chief Resigns Amid Charges of Payment Problems | Exclusive
Shirley Halperin has resigned as editor-in-chief of Los Angeles Magazine just a year after joining the publication amid rising complaints that it has failed to pay overdue bills to freelancers and vendors, TheWrap has learned. In a statement to TheWrap on Saturday, the magazine’s president and publisher Christopher Gialanella wrote, “We are proud that Los Angeles Magazine will have a profitable year in a challenging media environment and circulation is way up. We will be announcing our new Editor-In-Chief in the next two weeks.” It wasn’t immediately clear who would oversee the publication in the interim as Halperin is set to depart on Friday….
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Basic Crafts Extends Studio Contract Talks ‘As Many Days as Necessary’ – but Not After July 31
Hollywood Teamsters and the Basic Crafts have extended talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to reach agreement on a new tentative bargaining agreement before the July 31 deadline. In an update to members Friday night, union leaders said “we remain far apart on core bargaining priorities.” Pressure is on to resolve these differences, as the current Teamsters contract expires July 31, and the union has informed the AMPTP that it will not agree to an extension beyond that date. “The Hollywood Basic Crafts have concluded discussions with the AMPTP for the 5th week of negotiations. Today…
Friday, July 19, 2024
Anthony Anderson Is Freaked Out by Matt Gaetz’s RNC Look: ‘Trying to Be an NBA Player’s Third Wife’ | Video
Right wing Florida Republican congressman Matt Gaetz spoke Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention, but his speech ended up being overshadowed by something else: His bizarre new appearance. Gaetz’s face was stiff, his eyebrows stuck in arches and his skin appeared to be unnaturally smooth while he spoke. One expert told Esquire it was probably too much Botox, but no one knows for sure, and viewers were pretty weirded out. Including this week’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” guest host Anthony Anderson. “You know, the Republicans wrapped up the RNC in Milwaukee tonight, where Donald Trump gave a speech formally accepting…
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Rachel Maddow Warns Trump Picked JD Vance Because He’s Sure He’ll Win ‘No Matter What Kind of Craziness’ Is on the Ticket | Video
JD Vance gave the keynote speech on the third night of the Republican National Convention, and during MSNBC’s coverage of the event, Rachel Maddow worried that Vance is on the GOP ticket not because he can convince undecided voters, but because Donald Trump is “quite sure” he’s going to win, “no matter what kind of craziness you put on the ticket.” You can watch the video at the bottom of the page. Maddow began with a deep dive into JD Vance’s personal history, noting that he’s best known for his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy. She noted that his military service in…
